Mother Goes Into Labor With Twins But Wants Doctor To Leave One Inside Her Womb To Save His Life

Jan 31, 2019 by apost team

Delivering a child is one of the most magical times of a mother’s life. Having twins is obviously twice the work, as one young mother found out. You never know just what is going to happen when you are carrying more than one child at a time!

LaTroya Woolridge knew something just wasn’t right when she began having intense pains at the 24-week mark of pregnancy. Not only was she feeling labor pains already, she also began to vomit. LaTroya, who was carrying fraternal twins, knew that she had to get to the hospital as soon as possible.

When the mom-to-be arrived at the hospital and was examined by doctors she learned that she was indeed already in active labor. At such an early time, LaTroya was given two options to proceed. Unfortunately, neither of them helped lower her fear and anxiety over the shocking news.

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Doctors told LaTroya that she could choose a C-section and deliver both of her babies prematurely. The other option was to allow the first baby to come naturally and then wait to see what the other twin would do.

LaTroya decided that she was going to deliver the natural way.

Soon after, Amara was born. The baby was only just a little over a pound. Amara’s brother, Arthur, would stay inside her womb a little longer. The doctors wanted to keep him there for as long as they could. LaTroya agreed that this was the best option. She told Inside Edition that before this incident happened she never knew that twins could be born with such a gap in time.

LaTroya now had to watch her new baby fight for her young life while being cared for in the NICU. She also had to worry about her other child inside of her. However, she grew stronger, physically and emotionally, just knowing that Amara had survived and was growing stronger every day. She knew that the longer he waited to come out, the better chance of survival Arthur would have.

LaTroya ended up developing a fever that had the doctors worried just two weeks from her first birth. The doctors decided that it was time for Arthur to come out and join his sibling.

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